Highlights From Our Past

September 22, 2007

September 22 1982 - Toni Sasse led three Britton players in double figures with 17 points as the Braves defeated Aberdeen Roncalli 45-40 in a Northeast Conference girls' basketball game. Krecia Jones and Karna Oland added 12 and 10 points to the Britton total. Renita Vincent and Donna Menzia topped Roncalli with 11 and 10 points. 1987 - The Cleveland Indians, losers of three straight games to the Minnesota Twins, ended the losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics, thus reducing the Twins' magic number to win the American League West title to nine. 1992 - Kari Jensen scored 24 points and Janel Tunheim followed with 22 points as Langford rolled to a 67-50 high school girls' basketball victory over Bristol. 1997 - Brett Favre tied a career high with five touchdown passes, including number 153 to break Bart Starr's team record, and led the Green Bay Packers to a 38-32 National Football League victory over the Minnesota Vikings. 2002 - Jake Parten threw a short touchdown pass to Ronnie Cruz and ran for one TD, and Jason Carson returned a fumble and an interception for touchdowns, leading Northern State's football team to a 28-20 victory over Wayne State. 2006 - Ben Heller's score of 77 led Aberdeen Roncalli's boys' golf team to a total of 325 and a two-stroke victory over Milbank at the Sisseton Invitational.